Oh, for the record, since nobody directly and completely actually answered your question.

Tools/Internet Options/General Tab...

the 'Temporary Internet Files' section is the one you're looking for. Under advanced options you can do things like specify how much space it's allowed to use on the hard drive, etc.

I'm on broadband, so I dont recommend allowing it to use tons of space, UNLESS YOU ARE ON A BANDWIDTH PLAN. If your on managed bandwidth, you'll want to allocate a fair amount to the cache, so that it doesnt constantly redownload pages. I've got mine set to 50 megs, which is more than enough space to cache pages. It used to be 5 megs, but I decided to show my provider a little mercy

Oh yeah. Mozilla for the win I use IE for exactly two things. Windows Update, and a particular web game I play that needs it. Other than that, it sits unused, cause I got tired of having to deal with security worries. (activex, etc)

Oh yeah. Mozilla for the win I use IE for exactly two things. Windows Update, and a particular web game I play that needs it. Other than that, it sits unused, cause I got tired of having to deal with security worries. (activex, etc)

Technically, in the last year or so, Mozilla has had more security worries than IE. Just saying.. I use Firefox myself, but I am fully aware it is not the panacea of brower woes that most people claim it is.

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All truth goes through three stages: first it is ridiculed: then it is violently opposed: finally it is accepted as self evident. - Schopenhauer

Technically true, but it still doesnt engage in such reprehensible behavior as to run remote software like activex controls, which can compromise security, without the users consent, etc. It will still do java/javascript stuff, I suppose, but unless I'm mistaken, those have tighter restrictions on them?

About the worst behavior I've seen from java/javascript, is those stupid popup/popunder windows that somehow, invariably, slip by your popup prevention. be it built into the browser, or something like popup stopper.

Atomic

TBH, I think what started me up on my avoid-IE crusade, is a combination of the stupid popups, combined with security worries, which at the time, were far greater than they are now. Stuck with me, I guess.

One thing hackers have been doing for about two years now is exploiting Firefox holes and using them to springboard an attack against an unpatched IE (since the majority of Firefox users stop patching IE/Windows in general: a lot of people have become convinced that using Firefox is all the security they need).

I've always made it a habit to regularly check for updates on all my applications.

Another thing most people don't realize or even think of is how security holes in even games can be exploited to attack machines. You don't hear about it often, but I recall first hearing about it back when Quake was the biggest game on the internet. For the most part, people seem to be content to using this ability to cheat (pingbombing an opponent, for exampe), but it can just as easily be used to search your hard drive or install spyware or keyloggers.

I used to have really bad problems with IE6 getting certain URLs stuck in memory, and they wouldn't go away. It was not anything important, nor do I feel anything untoward was being done on their part, but it was just annoying to see some address you visit once a month stuck in your cache.

But thus far, IE7 has been fantastic. My only annoyance as been adjusting to the altered layout (the forward back buttons and address bar are cemented to the top), but other than that it's been great. You can clear your entire browser history in about one second: it's at the top of the Tools list in the upper right corner.